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title: Golden Beach, Thasos
author: Athanasios Fountoukis
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15995/golden-beach-thasos/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2022-07-04
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# Golden Beach, Thasos

_Authored by [Athanasios Fountoukis](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/foufoufou/)_

## Image File

[![Golden Beach, Thasos](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15995.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15995.jpg)

## Image Caption

The seaside of Golden Beach at Thasos, [Greece](https://www.worldhistory.org/greece/). Ancient myth describes the well-known Thasian wine. It was said that Staphylus, the son of [Dionysus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Dionysos/) and [Ariadne](https://www.worldhistory.org/Ariadne/), lived in Thasos, hence the Thasian wine was so distinguished.

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## Bibliography

- François Salviat. " Le vin de Thasos, amphores, vin et sources écrites." *Paris: Ecole Française d’Athènes*, Recherches sur les Amphores Grecques, 1986, pp. 145-196.

## About the Author

A historian, who acquired a BA degree in History and Ethnology in Greece, and an MA degree in Ancient History in the Netherlands. He is fascinated by the ancient history of maritime and nomadic cultures.

## Cite This Work

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